§ 298.71, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 298. DRAINAGE AND WATER CONTROL
Department may issue notes; suit by holder; judgment.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
The Department of Environmental Protection may issue its promissory note or notes, or other written obligations, or evidence of indebtedness, for the repayment of such loans at such times and upon such terms and at such rates of interest as the said department may deem advisable; and if upon the maturity of such promissory notes, or written obligations, or other evidences of indebtedness, the same are not redeemed or paid, the said department may be sued by the holder or holders thereof, and any judgment obtained thereon shall be satisfied out of the proceeds of the drainage tax provided by law to be assessed on the lands embraced in the district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 2, ch. 6454, 1913; RGS 1156; CGL 1526; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 30, ch. 79-5; s. 131, ch. 94-356.
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